Press Room
Transvengence | Maurice Tracy + Open Mic on April 26th
My Buddy's (Upstairs) 4416 N Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United StatesTransvengence is back! Launched in 2022 as part of the Guild's Press Room series, the brainchild of your host, Joss Barton, a trans performer, poet and writer. This event will include an open mic and feature: Maurice Tracy from St Louis. Maurice Tracy is a transfemme at the beginning of their journey. They are a […]
TransVengence | Aza Greenlee, Noa/Nomi Micaela Fields, and Ava Mirage Wanbli on June 20th
My Buddy's (Upstairs) 4416 N Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJoin us for TransVengence with your host, Joss Barton! This month features readings by Aza Greenlee, Noa/Moni Micaela Fields, and Ava Mirage Wanbli. Doors open at 7pm upstairs at My Buddy's! Featuring: Noa Micaela (Nomi) Fields is an echodeviant* (*trans poets with hearing aids) in search of transversal wildness in her one and only captionless […]
“…Advice at the beginning of the revolution” with Michael Warr + Tongo Eisen-Martin
Haymarket House 800 W. Buena Ave., Chicago, IllinoisAs part of our Press Room series, join us for a reading and discussion with Bay Area authors, Michael Warr and Tongo Eisen-Martin (San Fransisco Poet Laureate) about their work, the nature of protest, and how the historical acts of revolution during the heyday of the Black Power Movement in the Bay Area have influenced […]
Transvengence feat. C. Russell Price and Trinity Sapphire (+ Open Mic)
Clash on Clark 4416 N. Clark St., Chicago, IllinoisJoin your host Joss Barton for Transvengence on Thursday, September 7th! This month features performances by C. Russell Price and Trinity Sapphire, followed by a discussion and open mic.
Transvengence: Valentine’s Day Edition
Clash on Clark 4416 N. Clark St., Chicago, IllinoisTransvengence: Valentine's Day Edition; open mic starts at 7:30pm.
Transvengence: Pride Edition
Clash on Clark 4416 N. Clark St., Chicago, IllinoisJune 2024: Transvengence, Pride Month – Turn Up! Edition Featuring Jack and Lynzo the Heartthrob, with your host, Joss Barton. Open mic starts at 7:30pm. Learn more about Transvengence here. Lynzo The Heartthrob is a born & bred Chicagoan; an exotic dancer with a background in ballet, modern, and African dance teachings. Emceeing/producing Black LGBTQIA […]
Transvengence | September 2024
Clash on Clark 4416 N. Clark St., Chicago, IllinoisSeptember's Transvengence features Aza Greenlee with your host, Joss Barton. Doors open and open mic sign-up begins at 7pm. Aza Greenlee is a body artist and co-conspirator at No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab. This coalescence is one to galavant in dreamscapes, ancestral juke joints, chaturbate masturbation web temples, loose-tooth tanks, and The Heartspace. They […]